Maya Angelou is the ultimate Renaissance woman and is one of the great voices of contemporary literature (mayaangelou.com). ... Her birth name is Marguerite Johnson, and it wasn't until her early twenties that she was given the name Maya Angelou. ... Angelou also took up acting. ... Maya Angelou will forever be known as the greatest African American Female author of all time. Maya Angelou, the poetic, literary genius. ...
Maya Angelou is a well-recognized American author, primarily from the period of the Civil Rights Movement, where she participated as an activist. ... Maya Angelou's was an African American, thus shared the totality of meanings, ideas, and beliefs with the black Americans. ... As an African American, Maya experienced racial discrimination in Arkansas. ... According to an article by Danielle Dorky, as a writer, Maya Angelou acquired her inspiration from different authors who had written books and poems, which she used to read from her childhood (1). ... Maya Angelou uses a unique style of w...
Maya Angelou's poem Phenomenal Woman suggests that women have always had an essential role in society. ... Angelou, describes herself from her own point of view. ... At one point, Maya Angelou says, I"m a woman. ... With these two phrases, among others, Maya Angelou almost leads the reader to think that she believes herself to be unattractive. ...
The novel I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou gives us the concept of the one girl's world which is filled by racism. ... Sometimes world is cruel and Maya can not do anything to defend herself and her racial just because of her color. The graduation is the important part of Maya's life and she does not imagine that some people can drop off her mood by couple words from their racism's mouths. ... In that moment Maya understands her racial and social class and can not do anything with it because she is young and can not prove her rights. ...
James Arthur Baldwin Life James Arthur Baldwin was born the first of nine children during 1924 in Harlem. His father, David, was a clergyman and a factory worker, and was the source of all of James Baldwin's fears. Baldwin's mother, Berdis, was...
Famous African American author and poet Maya Angelou recounted one of Malcolm X's speeches saying, "When Malcolm would ascend the little platform he couldn't talk for the first four or five minutes, the people would be making such a praised shout" (PBS, Malcolm X: Make it Plain3). ...
